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    OctaneRender

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AOTOY, headquartered in Los Angeles, offers OctaneRender, a GPU rendering engine.N/A

    Procreate

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASavage, headquartered in North Hobart, Tasmania, is dedicated to making exceptional creative tools. They are the creators of Procreate, a digital art and illustration app for iPad. Offering 100s of handmade brushes, a suite of artistic tools, advanced layer system, and its Valkyrie graphics engine — Procreate is designed to enable the creation of expressive sketches, rich paintings, gorgeous illustrations and beautiful animations.

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    OctaneRenderProcreate
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    OctaneRenderProcreate
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    GIMP
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    Adobe PhotoShop
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    OctaneRenderProcreate
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    User Testimonials
    OctaneRenderProcreate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    OTOY
    I have been able to import an environment and create realistic lighting rather quickly by using the power of GPU rendering. Paired with its ability to create instances of geometry, it makes it easy to render a megacity environment in half the time. One issue with this is the clutter that can be made with connecting nodes.
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    Savage Interactive
    We are using Procreate less and less as Adobe tools catch up with more iPad applications and sketching styles, but Procreate is still superior in flexibility and online tutorials. We are using other, more formal tools more, just because the changing nature of work is less illustrative.
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    Pros
    OTOY
    • Octane uses GPU rendering so it takes advantage of the video card.
    • It gives you a good selection of options to tweak and refine your model rendering.
    • It can use 3D instances so it doesn't overuse computer resources.
    • There are plugins that can be incorporated into other 3D packages for rendering.
    • Octane is particularly inexpensive compared to other 3D render packages.
    • You are able to copy certain sections of nodes in order to create different iterations of the same environment or model. For example, changing the lighting or camera features.
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    Savage Interactive
    • Easy-To-Understand Interface
    • Wide Range of Brushes
    • Custom Asset Sizes
    • Animation Options
    • Intuitive Design
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    Cons
    OTOY
    • Its user interface could use some improvement.
    • It is node-based so there is a slight learning curve when using it as a beginner.
    • It doesn't import FBX files.
    • It requires a 3D model to have UVs in order to import it into Octane.
    • At times it may not be as stable.
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    Savage Interactive
    • It would be nice to make it easier to turn drawing processes into animations.
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    Usability
    OTOY
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    Savage Interactive
    Procreate is easy to use and easy to learn for new users.
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    Alternatives Considered
    OTOY
    Although both have their pros and cons, Octane is far less expensive and it allows for more control over the geometry within a scene with better lighting and camera controls.
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    Savage Interactive
    We broadly use the Adobe suite for other applications, so as Adobe tools have advanced, it is difficult to have an outlier in the toolkit, but Procreate still offers a lot of ease of use and competes with more formal Illustrator tools. We use Illustrator a lot for general design work once they pass initial concepting.
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    Return on Investment
    OTOY
    • Octane has had a huge advantage of GPU rendering.
    • It's relatively inexpensive compared to other rendering packages.
    • It allows for more control over the scene compared to packages like Keyshot.
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    Savage Interactive
    • Positive impact on delivery times
    • Positive impact on creative to designer communication
    • Positive impact on team to client communication through detailed mockups
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